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The Song of the Cell - An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (Paperback)
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The Song of the Cell is the vivid, thrilling and suspenseful story
of the fundamental unit of life. It describes how scientists
discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that
knowledge to create new humans. Both panoramic and intimate, it is
Siddhartha Mukherjee's most spectacular book yet. In the late
1600s, a distinguished English polymath, Robert Hooke, and an
eccentric Dutch cloth-merchant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, look down
their hand-made microscopes. What they see introduces a radical
concept that alters both biology and medicine forever. It is the
fact that complex living organisms are assemblages of tiny,
self-contained, self-regulating units. Our organs, our physiology,
our selves, are built from these compartments. Hooke christens them
'cells'. The discovery of cells announced the birth of a new kind
of medicine. A hip fracture, a cardiac arrest, Alzheimer's, AIDS,
lung cancer - all could be re-conceived as the results of cells, or
a cellular ecosystem, functioning abnormally. And all could be
treated by therapeutic manipulations of cells. This revolution in
cell biology is still in progress: it represents one of the most
significant advances in science and medicine. Rich with stories of
scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by
their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this
extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human.
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Imprint: |
The Bodley Head Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2022 |
Authors: |
Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Dimensions: |
234 x 153 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
496 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84792-598-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-84792-598-7 |
Barcode: |
9781847925985 |
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